We're on to Week 9 in the NFL season, and in the fantasy season. Those mark two different thresholds, really. In the NFL season, this is more-or-less the halfway point (thanks to bye weeks, it isn't exact, but close enough for our purposes). For fantasy, though, with regular seasons that end around Week 13 usually, this is easily the two-thirds mark. In short, Week 9 in fantasy is roughly the same as Week 12 in real football.
Just for clarity's sake, last season at Week 12, 10 of the 12 eventual playoff teams were in place, and an 11th, Pittsburgh, was in a tie. Only Green Bay, at the time 5-6, made an end-of-season run to the playoffs from outside-looking-in at Week 12.
In short, if you aren't in a playoff spot now in your fantasy league, your season isn't over, but … you're running short on time. You need every edge you can get. You need our weekly advice. Keep up with all our fantasy advice for Week 9 here, as things normalize and the cream rises to the top again. This is our weekly cheat sheet. Bookmark this page all week and keep coming back as all our tips and strategy is updated.
Fantasy impact of the deadline trades
What the Deshaun Watson injury means for the Texans
Looking back
- Fantasy Game Notes from Week 8’s games
- Scott Barrett’s stats to know
- Jeff Ratcliffe’s Week 8 takeaways
Rankings, start/sit advice
- Jeff Ratcliffe’s flex rankings
- Scott Barrett’s start/sit advice
- Walton Spurlin’s IDP start/sit advice
Roster advice
- Jeff Ratcliffe’s waiver wire advice
- Ross Miles’ IDP waiver wire advice
- Dan Clasgens’ risers and fallers
- Walton Spurlin’s streaming defenses
- Mike Castiglione’s streaming QBs
- Tyler Loechner’s trade value chart
- Dan Schneier’s buy/sell report
- Dan Clasgens’ trend report
- Mike Castiglione’s committee report
- Tyler Loechner’s breakouts based on fantasy points per opportunity
- Michael Moore’s streaming IDP options
Deeper dives
- George Kritikos’ exception report
- Scott Spratt’s garbage time report
- Scott Barrett’s Actual Opportunity
- Pat Thorman’s Snaps, Pace, & Stats
- Scott Spratt’s blitz report
- Michael Moore’s Dynasty Stock Watch
- Jeff Ratcliffe’s WR matchups based on CBs
- Jeff Ratcliffe’s matchup stats to know
- Pat Thorman’s funnel defense report
Last-minute advice
- Scott Spratt’s outside factors
- Tyler Buecher’s weekend news update
- Scott Barrett’s injury report
DFS advice
- Curtis Patrick's boom/bust report
- Tyler Loechner’s DFS fades
- Dan Schneier’s DFS bargains
- Tyler Loechner’s DFS locks
- Dan Schneier’s DFS stacks
- Tyler Loechner’s DFS guides for FanDuel cash games and tournaments
- Tyler Buecher’s DFS guide for DraftKings cash games and tournaments
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